Shloka 100
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
एकां दत्त्वा स पारक््यां नरकं॑ समपद्यत । “राजा नृगने ब्राह्मणोंको हजारों गौएँ दान की थीं; किंतु एक ही गौ दूसरेकी दान कर दी, जिससे अन्यायत: प्राप्त द्रव्यका दान करनेके कारण उन्हें नरकमें जाना पड़ा ।। ९९६ || आत्ममांसप्रदानेन शिबिरौशीनरो नूप:
ekāṃ dattvā sa pārakyāṃ narakaṃ samapadyata |
Having given away a single cow that belonged to another, he fell into hell. The passage recalls King Nṛga: though he had donated thousands of cows to brāhmaṇas, by mistakenly giving even one cow that was not rightfully his, he incurred the fault of gifting what was unjustly held and thus suffered a fall into hell—underscoring that purity of ownership and justice in giving are essential to dharma.
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